24 care employers in Kensington and Chelsea could find you

Working in care in Kensington and Chelsea

From Golborne Road to the King's Road: caring in Kensington and Chelsea

The Royal Borough is one of the smallest care markets in London, but it is not a place with few older people. Its median age at the 2021 census was 39, four years above the London figure, even though the population had dropped by almost a tenth over the decade. Fewer residents, a higher share of them older: that is the backdrop to care work here.

Life in the borough runs from north to south. Up in North Kensington, around Ladbroke Grove, Golborne Road and the estates near Westway, social housing has grown, with the census recording England's biggest rise in the share of households renting socially. Further south, through Earl's Court and down to Chelsea, the streets are quieter and grander. Home care is the main employer across both halves, with a few care homes and nursing homes besides.

The council's adult social care team takes referrals through an online form and offers direct payments, which people can use to employ a personal assistant directly. People First, the advice site Kensington and Chelsea runs with Westminster, publishes plain guides for those employers on DBS checks, pensions, holiday pay and the London Living Wage.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on Fulham Road is the main local hospital, and Central London Community Healthcare runs community services. If you want a qualification, Morley College's North Kensington campus runs a Level 2 Diploma in Care for adults who are already working, volunteering or on a placement.

86% of the inspected care employers in Kensington and Chelsea are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, close to the 88% across London and in line with England as a whole (85%).